Coordination Center for TLD RU/.РФ : 155 Domains Removed From Delegation
Group-IB sent 173 requests to registrars in June 2014 ,asking to remove the domain names of violators from delegation.155 domain names out of 173 were removed.
You can read the announcement after the jump:
” In June of 2014, registrars received 173 requests from the company Group-IB to remove the domain names of violators from delegation. As a result, 155 domain names were removed.
Of the 18 names now delegated, 15 were unblocked through normal procedures after their owners eliminated the reasons they were locked. Unlocking was conducted at the request of CERT-GIB. Registrars made no move with regard to the remaining three domain names, which will now be blocked in accordance with the regulations.
Most of the violating domain names were phishing resources (70 percent), while the smallest share consisted of botnet controllers (two percent).”
Advice.com Domain Name is Now Up For Sale
Igloo.com, one of the leading brokers of premium domain names and websites, announced recently that the domain name Advice.com has been listed for sale exclusively with their company.
You can read the press release after the jump:
” Igloo.com, a leading broker of ultra premium domain names and websites, announced today that Advice.com has been listed exclusively for sale with their firm. Highly marketable and easy to remember, Advice.com provides significant advantages to a new or established company looking to create an online community focused on the delivery of counsel or guidance on a wide range of topics such as career, financial, health or relationship advice. Good branding will make your domain name memorable, but a memorable domain name will make your brand unforgettable.
Over 360,000 searches for “advice” are made monthly on Google alone. End users actively seek web reviews and feedback before solidifying their purchase decisions. According to an article published by the Weidart Group, “85% of U.S. consumers read online reviews for local businesses, and 50% of those consumers are more likely to use those same businesses after reading positive reviews. For businesses with a healthy online reputation, this means that online advice can help generate more traffic and ultimately revenue.”
“Advice.com has broad market appeal, category authority, and unrivaled SEO and paid search potential,” said Amanda Waltz, Director of Sales for Igloo.com. “It’s not often that a domain name with such marketing benefits becomes available for sale and Igloo is very pleased to be chosen as the exclusive brokerage firm to represent the sale of Advice.com.”
Branding agencies, bloggers and tech companies alike agree that a strong brand can be your most powerful tool. Strong brand recognition can set you apart from the competition and can propel you forward as an industry leader. Descriptive, generic domain names have been associated with some of the world’s most well-recognized companies including Cars.com, Shoes.com, Baby.com, Toys.com, Hotels.com, Flowers.com, etc.; and increasingly are the most valuable properties on the Internet. While many of these sales have been private, some public sales considered comparable to Advice.com include Beauty.com at $800,000, Invest.com at $1,105,000, Find.com at $1,200,000, and Feeback.com at $1,230,000.
For additional information or offer guidelines on Advice.com, please contact Amanda Waltz directly at +1 508 689 9569, ext. 201 or amanda(at)igloo(dot)com.”
PY.com Wins Weekly Sales List at $358,000
PY.com,sold for $358,000,topped Domain Name Journal sales list of reported domain names for the week,ending July 20,2014.
Sedo had a great week in the sales chart,taking 12 of the top 20 positions .Correspondingly, Heritage Auctions took 2 of the top 20 positions .
.COM dominated once again the list,with 15 of the top 20 positions.
Here are the top 20 positions for the two weeks ending July 20,2014 :
1. PY.com $358,000
2. Dots.com $325,000
3. HY.com $320,000
4. Statement.com $140,000
5. GCA.com $90,000
6. Logics.com $50,000
7. MakeSomeNoise.com $40,000
8. OAR.com $28,500
9. PDN.com $27,900
10. Open.tv $25,000
11. Online-Autoboerse.de $20,250
12. AZU.com $18,000
13. VivaMedia.com $17,000
14. Mortgages.info $14,095
15. GHealth.com $10,000
16. DocHub.com $9,985
17. Football.de $8,235
18. Klara.com $8,100
19. Matrix.org $7,999
20. TheFinalWhistle.com $7,500
DNS Belgium : Not Every “G” Means the Same Thing!
DNS Belgium released recently an article, explaining that even though abbreviations are hany, they can sometimes cause confusion. For example,not everybody knows what the “g” from “gTLDs” mean.
You can read the article after the jump:
“Abbreviations are handy, but they can sometimes cause confusion. For example, with the new domain name extensions currently being released, we talk about the new “gTLDs”. In this case, the “g” does not make it mean “geographic top-level domain”, as many people might think, but “generic top-level domain”.
We have been using gTLDs for a long time now. The best known of these are the domain name extensions used most frequently on the Internet today, such as .com, .info, .net or .org. The extensions that refer to countries officially recognised by the UN are called ccTLDs. ccTLD stands for “country code top-level domain”, such as .be. All ccTLDs are made up of two letters and, in fact, ccTLDs are also the only extensions that are allowed to consist of two letters. That’s why having .vl as an extension for Flanders (Flanders) was not possible.
However, some of the new gTLDs – 66 of them, to be precise – do come under the “geographical” category. Sometimes they are cities (such as .barcelona or .brussels) and sometimes they are parts of countries (such as .wales or .vlaanderen). But they can also be regions that want to position themselves more clearly as being distinctive (such as .acquitaine or .ruhr, for example). There’s also .africa, an extension that covers a whole continent, with around a billion potential users. Some cities and regions have made a conscious choice to use their full name as an extension (such as .amsterdam or .vlaanderen), while others have gone for an abbreviation (such as .nyc or .frl).
Berlin, which has 3.5 million potential users, was one of the first cities with its own domain name extension. There are now already more than 135,000 .berlin domain names registered. In addition, .ruhr (with around five million potential users) is currently in what is known as the General Availability phase. In this case, General Availability means that anyone can apply for domain names with the .ruhr extension. At the moment, the registration meter for .ruhr has ticked past 4,600 registered domain names.
You’ll find many other new geographical gTLDs in Germany: .bayern (with 12.4 million potential users), .hamburg (1.7 million), .koeln and its international variant .cologne (with approximately one million potential users), .nrw (North-Rhine Westphalia, a region representing almost eighteen million potential users) and .saarland (another million or so).
Like Cologne, there are plenty more “geo’s” that are opting for a dual extension, often for commercial reasons. Take Wales, for example, where you can choose between .wales and .cymru (which is Welsh for Wales). This choice will be defined mainly by the audience that applicants for domain names want to reach. With .cymru, you would be aiming at the local population, whereas .wales would be a better choice if you are a Welsh organisation or business seeking a profile with an international audience. The city of Moscow has also applied to have 2 extensions, one in the international language of English and one in Russian : .moscow and .москва. “
So, when you look over the border at other countries, you might find yourself inspired to apply for a domain name with a .vlaanderen or .brussels extension.
Heritage Auction Third Domain Name Auction Results
Heritage Auctions third domain name auction ended with 14 domain name sold for a total of over $770,000.
The auction featured 81 domain names ,out of which only 14 sold.
Here are the results :
Digital.com $373,750
Cute.com $230,000
DEC.com $230,000
Bristol.com $40,250
FRR.com $32,200
SFD.com $27,600
Baby.club $5,750
CoinSource.com $2,300
ForeclosureSales.com $1,207.50
RareTimepieces.com $920
CoinStores.com $920
BasketballCollector.com $862.50
DiscountVinyl.com $402.50
CapCollection.com $15
